Physicians per 1,000 people Ranking (2022)

In 2021, physicians per 1,000 people was highest in Cuba at 9.43 per 1,000, followed by Monaco at 8.89 per 1,000 and Greece at 6.37 per 1,000. The average across countries was 2.03 per 1,000, the median was 1.82 per 1,000, and the Central African Republic recorded the lowest physicians per 1,000 people at 0.02 per 1,000, according to the World Bank.

Data is available for the period 1960 to 2022 across 180 countries.

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Rank	Country	Current Value ↓	Previous Value	Year
1	Cuba	9.43	9.19	2021
2	Monaco	8.89	8.87	2020
3	Greece	6.37	6.3	2021
4	Portugal	5.77	5.62	2021
5	Georgia	5.61	5.33	2022
6	Austria	5.51	5.43	2022
7	Norway	5.17	5.09	2021
8	Lithuania	5.13	4.5	2022
9	Bulgaria	4.9	4.29	2022
10	Uruguay	4.63	4.51	2022
11	Germany	4.52	4.46	2021
12	Iceland	4.52	4.4	2022
13	Spain	4.48	4.58	2021
14	Belarus	4.47	4.43	2020
15	Switzerland	4.44	4.39	2021
16	Denmark	4.38	4.26	2020
17	Finland	4.38	3.61	2021
18	Sweden	4.31	4.29	2020
19	Malta	4.28	4.19	2021
20	Czech Republic	4.25	4.16	2021
21	Italy	4.25	4.1	2022
22	Argentina	4.08	3.9	2022
23	Ireland	4.06	3.48	2021
24	Kazakhstan	4.03	3.95	2020
25	Australia	3.98	3.91	2021
26	Netherlands	3.91	3.85	2021
27	Paraguay	3.88	3.24	2022
28	Mongolia	3.87	3.77	2021
29	Russia	3.83	4.19	2020
30	Seychelles	3.82	2.11	2022
31	Israel	3.71	3.65	2022
32	Slovakia	3.68	3.67	2021
33	North Korea	3.67	3.69	2017
34	Croatia	3.61	6.96	2021
35	United States	3.6	3.6	2021
36	New Zealand	3.57	3.52	2022
37	Cyprus	3.55	3.36	2021
38	Romania	3.47	3.3	2021
39	Estonia	3.44	3.48	2021
40	Trinidad & Tobago	3.41	4.19	2021
41	Poland	3.39	3.28	2021
42	Latvia	3.38	3.35	2021
43	France	3.34	3.32	2021
44	Slovenia	3.33	3.28	2021
45	Hungary	3.3	3.14	2021
46	Moldova	3.25	4.06	2021
47	Belgium	3.2	3.2	2021
48	Chile	3.17	2.97	2022
49	United Kingdom	3.17	3.17	2022
50	Armenia	3.12	2.97	2019
51	Azerbaijan	3.09	3.11	2020
52	Saudi Arabia	3.08	2.79	2022
53	Saint Kitts & Nevis	3.03	2.87	2018
54	Luxembourg	3	2.9	2017
55	Barbados	2.96	2.88	2022
56	North Macedonia	2.96	3.06	2020
57	United Arab Emirates	2.91	2.88	2021
58	Antigua & Barbuda	2.9	0.54	2017
59	Serbia	2.84	2.7	2021
60	Uzbekistan	2.81	2.78	2021
61	Montenegro	2.75	2.77	2022
62	Costa Rica	2.64	2.52	2022
63	Lebanon	2.62	2.42	2019
64	Japan	2.61	2.5	2020
65	Singapore	2.6	2.51	2021
66	Mexico	2.56	2.44	2021
67	China	2.52	2.39	2021
68	South Korea	2.52	2.51	2021
69	Jordan	2.51	2.23	2019
70	Canada	2.5	2.5	2022
71	Qatar	2.5	2.76	2018
72	Colombia	2.45	2.38	2021
73	Bosnia & Herzegovina	2.32	2.23	2019
74	Malaysia	2.32	2.23	2021
75	Ecuador	2.31	2.32	2020
76	Kuwait	2.29	2.6	2020
77	Dominican Republic	2.23	2.03	2022
78	Palestinian Territories	2.17	1.77	2018
79	Libya	2.16	1.96	2017
80	Maldives	2.16	1.8	2019
81	Turkey	2.16	2.04	2021
82	Brazil	2.14	2.3	2021
83	Kyrgyzstan	2.14	2.17	2021
84	Turkmenistan	2.14	2.18	2021
85	Tajikistan	2.13	2.12	2021
86	Oman	2.06	2	2022
87	Brunei	1.91	1.78	2021
88	Albania	1.88	1.65	2020
89	Bahamas	1.85	2.2	2017
90	Palau	1.78	1.41	2020
91	Panama	1.73	1.63	2021
92	Venezuela	1.66	1.93	2017
93	Peru	1.62	1.65	2022
94	Eswatini	1.59	0.14	2022
95	El Salvador	1.55	2.91	2022
96	Iran	1.51	1.08	2018
97	Suriname	1.48	0.8	2021
98	Guyana	1.41	1.8	2020
99	Grenada	1.31	1.29	2018
100	Tunisia	1.29	1.29	2021
101	Guatemala	1.28	0.36	2020
102	Bolivia	1.27	0.95	2021
103	Tuvalu	1.26	0.92	2020
104	Mauritius	1.2	2.66	2022
105	Sri Lanka	1.19	1.21	2021
106	Dominica	1.12	1.14	2018
107	Belize	1.08	1.13	2018
108	Pakistan	1.08	0.95	2019
109	Iraq	1.01	0.97	2022
110	Tonga	1.01	0.95	2021
111	Algeria	0.99	1.73	2019
112	Federated States of Micronesia	0.96	0.66	2020
113	Thailand	0.93	0.9	2020
114	Nepal	0.87	0.85	2021
115	South Africa	0.81	0.8	2021
116	Cape Verde	0.79	0.73	2018
117	Philippines	0.79	0.75	2021
118	Timor-Leste	0.77	0.78	2020
119	Myanmar	0.75	0.69	2019
120	India	0.73	0.68	2020
121	Morocco	0.73	0.91	2017
122	Indonesia	0.69	0.7	2022
123	Egypt	0.68	0.71	2020
124	Bangladesh	0.67	0.66	2021
125	Nicaragua	0.66	0.98	2018
126	Saint Lucia	0.66	1.89	2017
127	Bhutan	0.55	0.56	2022
128	Jamaica	0.55	0.47	2018
129	Samoa	0.55	0.55	2021
130	Namibia	0.54	0.47	2022
131	Honduras	0.49	0.3	2020
132	São Tomé & Príncipe	0.49	0.31	2019
133	Gabon	0.48	0.59	2022
134	Comoros	0.44	0.28	2020
135	Nigeria	0.39	0.4	2022
136	Botswana	0.38	0.39	2022
137	Laos	0.33	0.36	2021
138	Sudan	0.26	0.42	2017
139	Zambia	0.26	0.3	2022
140	Afghanistan	0.25	0.21	2020
141	Angola	0.24	0.21	2022
142	Haiti	0.24	0.09	2018
143	Mauritania	0.24	0.22	2022
144	Cambodia	0.21	0.19	2019
145	Guinea-Bissau	0.21	0.22	2022
146	Benin	0.2	0.21	2022
147	Madagascar	0.2	0.18	2018
148	Mali	0.2	0.12	2022
149	Congo - Kinshasa	0.19	0.18	2022
150	Liberia	0.18	0.17	2022
151	Congo - Brazzaville	0.17	0.1	2022
152	Côte d'Ivoire	0.17	0.18	2022
153	Uganda	0.17	0.16	2022
154	Zimbabwe	0.17	0.19	2022
155	Vanuatu	0.16	0.16	2019
156	Burkina Faso	0.15	0.1	2022
157	Lesotho	0.15	0.45	2022
158	Cameroon	0.14	0.12	2022
159	Equatorial Guinea	0.14	0.35	2022
160	Ghana	0.14	0.13	2022
161	Senegal	0.13	0.1	2022
162	Tanzania	0.13	0.05	2022
163	Rwanda	0.12	0.13	2019
164	Ethiopia	0.11	0.1	2022
165	Gambia	0.1	0.08	2021
166	Kenya	0.1	0.1	2022
167	Chad	0.09	0.06	2022
168	Mozambique	0.08	0.08	2022
169	Togo	0.08	0.06	2022
170	Eritrea	0.07	0.08	2022
171	Burundi	0.06	0.07	2021
172	Papua New Guinea	0.06	0.06	2021
173	Malawi	0.05	0.05	2022
174	Sierra Leone	0.04	0.07	2022
175	South Sudan	0.04	0.03	2020
176	Central African Republic	0.02	0.07	2021
177	Guinea	0.02	0.22	2022
178	Niger	0.02	0.03	2022

Physicians per 1,000 people Ranking (2022) : Definition

Physicians per 1,000 people measures the number of medical doctors (physicians) per 1,000 inhabitants in the reporting year.